1st Edition
Literature and Historiography in the Spanish Golden Age The Poetics of History
Introduction
I WRITING HISTORY
1 Theory of History
Calling for Plot
Platonic History
Ut pictura historia
Verisimilitude
True Falseness
2 Historical Prose
A General History
The Historian’s Toolbox
Alternative Histories
The True History
II POETICISING HISTORY
3 Theory of Poetry
Weaving a Story
Benefits of History
Writing Christian Deeds
4 Historical Poetry
A Historical Master
Popular Historiography?
Poetry as Counterhistory
The Voice of History
Destabilising Dream
III STAGING HISTORY
5 Theory of Drama
Cathartic History
Tragicomedy Takes the Stage
Theatrum Historiae
6 Historical Drama
Dramaturge of History
History-Errant
History as Divine Pageant
The Historian’s Hand
Doublespeak
Conclusions
Biography
Sofie Kluge holds a PhD (2007) in Comparative Literature and a Dr. Habil. (2014) both from the University of Copenhagen. She is currently an associate professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Southern Denmark. She ia also an editor of Orbis Litterarum: International Review of Literary Studies. She is a member of the Academia Europaea. She is the author of four monographs and more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on a variety of literary historical and theoretical topics.
